Silence within, sound without2

Silence within, sound without. Silence-Eternity within, Sound-Infinity without. Silence-Eternity-Dream within, Sound-Infinity-Reality without.

Silence is God the Creator. Sound is God the creation. Silence is the progress-delight of God the Creator. Sound is the success-height of God the creation.

Silence is never, never afraid of sound, but sound is always afraid of Eternity's and Immortality's vastness-silence.

My silence-heart-life is a non-stop aspiration-flight to my transcendental Goal — the Goal of the ever-transcending Beyond. My sound-mind-life quite often carries me into a tenebrous indolence-coma.

With my silence-heart, I always claim God as my own, very own. With my sound-mind, at times I praise God and at times I blame God, depending on my success-smiles and failure-cries.

When my sound-life lives in the shackles of bondage, when I live only in my buried hopes, at that time my silence-heart comes to the fore and inspires me with new hope, new inspiration, new aspiration and new dedication to go and visit my Lord's Forgiveness-Heart, Compassion-Eye and Protection-Feet.

My silence-soul is the only teacher that teaches me how to speak to God and how to listen to God devotedly, soulfully and unconditionally.

Man's eternal question: "Where is God?"

God’s eternal question: "How to please man?"

Silence has the answer to these questions.

Indeed, silence is the answer.

Silence, silence!


HPO 2. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 17 February 1989.

Sri Chinmoy, My Heart's Peace-Offering, Agni Press, New York, 1994